LA JOLLA, Calif. — UC San Diego fencing's first collegiate event of the season saw the Triton women go 5-2 and the Triton men go 4-2 at the two-day West Invitational.
 
The Tritons welcomed six teams to the UC San Diego campus on Saturday and Sunday, with action taking place inside the Main and Rec Gyms.
 
Head coach Juan Ignacio Calderon finished the weekend with 208 career victories as the head coach at UC San Diego, surpassing Heidi Runyan for most wins in program history.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both Triton programs entered the weekend ranked No. 15 nationally. The Triton men share that ranking with Air Force. Each team faced three ranked opponents, with both going 1-2.
 
The Triton women had all three of their ranked matches on Saturday, beating No. 11 Ohio State 16-11 before falling to No. 12 Stanford and No. 6 Northwestern. All three weapons won against the Buckeyes, with epee and saber going 5-4 and foil going 6-3. The women's squad also started the day out with a 21-6 win over Brandeis to go 2-2 on Saturday.
 
The Triton men also had a win over Brandeis to start the weekend. They then fell to No. 10 Ohio State and No. 11 Stanford to end the first day with a 1-2 record.
 
Sunday saw both teams go a perfect 3-0, including wins over fellow MPSF conference members Air Force and Incarnate Word. The final match of the weekend was a rematch with Brandeis, with both Triton squads winning by comfortable margins.
 
FULL RESULTS
Women's Team
Saturday

• UC San Diego 21, Brandeis 6
• UC San Diego 16, Ohio State 11
• Stanford 16, UC San Diego 11
• Northwestern 18, UC San Diego 9

Sunday

• UC San Diego 23, Incarnate Word 4
• UC San Diego 20, Air Force 7
• UC San Diego 16, Brandeis 11

Men's Team
Saturday

• UC San Diego 14, Brandeis 13
• Ohio State 16, UC San Diego 11
• Stanford 16, UC San Diego 11 

Sunday

• UC San Diego 18, Incarnate Word 9
• UC San Diego 15, Air Force 12
• UC San Diego 19, Brandeis 8

TRITON TIDBITS

• Calderon also hit the 200-win milestone in his career with the women's team's win over Brandeis on Saturday morning.
• Calderon is 208-147 (.586) as the head coach of the Tritons, with 2026-27 his ninth year at the helm.

QUOTABLE
"Saturday was a historic day for our women's program," Calderon said. "Beating No. 11 Ohio State is the first win over the Buckeyes in program history, and it's a result this group has been working toward for a long time. The women also fenced No. 12 Stanford and No. 6 Northwestern that day, and then came back Sunday and went 3–0. On the men's side, we were tested by No. 10 Ohio State and No. 11 Stanford. The guys responded with a perfect Sunday, including a 15–12 win over Air Force, a team tied with us at No. 15. Going 9–4 as a program in front of our home crowd shows how far we've come."
 
UP NEXT
The Tritons will return to the strips in two months when the women's team hosts Wellesley inside Main Gym on Jan. 13.
 
About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 24-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 39 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in NCAA Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.